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Raphael Jacquelin is having to call on the past for a start in this week's AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Heritage GC, Domaine de Bel Ombre.

Last season was a 20th on the European Tour for the Frenchman, in which time he had 11 times finished top 50 in the rankings and yet it was a sad double decade: he toiled to 156th in the Race to Dubai, failing to turn four top 20s into top tens. As a consequence he plays this week only courtesy of the career money list and his tournament debut stands as something of a marker for the state of his golf. Previously it (and the prize fund) was small beer to him, this week it is a precious opportunity. He's won on holiday islands before (the 2011 Sicilian Open, he contended there again this year), but it's a tenuous notion that it'll help this week. The simpler truth is that he has four European Tour wins so his best golf will be good enough if he can discover it. Nov 28 - 3:47 PM

He took his time, but Raphael Jacquelin finally won a head-to-head clash, defeating David Drysdale 2-up in round one of the Paul Lawrie Match Play in Germany.

The Frenchman had previously played in five different matchplay tournaments, losing every one of his singles matches, including a 2&1 loss to Seve Benson 12 months ago in this event. But at Golf Resort Bad Griesbach in Bavaria he broke his duck. He hit the turn 2-up thanks to three winning birdies at 2, 5 and 7 (he conceded the sixth with a bogey). Drysdale then made four birdies in the first six holes after the turn, three of them for wins, to totally turn the tide of the match, but there was to be a late twist of fate as Jacquelin stared down the barrel of another early exit – and it was all Drysdale’s doing. He made bogey at both 16 and 17 before conceding the final hole. Jacquelin will play Robert Rock in round two, but still needs to sort his matchplay game out. Aug 17 - 9:30 AM

Raphael Jacquelin was a spectator for last week's Open Championship; he returns to action in the Porsche European Open and will be looking to cash for the first time in seven starts.

The Frenchman has never offered consistency and we're seeing that this season. Since February, he's missed nine of 12 cuts, including each of the last six, but his other three results in that period are all top 20s to remind us that he can be a useful option. Jacquelin has enjoyed three top fours in Germany down the years, the latest T4 in 2016's BMW International Open. This event switched to German soil in 2015 and he's posted T24 and T36 although, as with the majority of the field, this will be his first look at Green Eagle GC. Jul 26 - 3:45 AM

Raphael Jacquelin smoothed a sensational round of 9-under-par 31-31=62 to hit the 36-hole mark of The Rocco Forte Open at Verdura GC on 11-under 131, four back of the leader Alvaro Quiros.

The Frenchman has had contrasting fortunes on his previous two visits to the island of Sicily. In 2011 he won the Sicily Open at Donnafuguta GC, but 12 months later missed the cut on this course during his defense. No such problems this Friday as he improved seven shots on his first round score. He opened in magnificent style with five red numbers at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, before a bogey at six threatened to bring him back to earth with a bump. He ticked nine to complete one good nine, then notched four more on the back nine at 11, 12, 14 and 16 to confirm a move of 68 places up the leaderboard to T6. May 19 - 12:54 PM